- With the Astute Graphics Texturino…plugin for Adobe Illustrator you can make…amazing graphic effects and add an extra…dimension of detail and realism to your artwork…in ways that would otherwise be difficult…or impossible to achieve in Illustrator alone.…The plugin adds three tools to…the Illustrator tools panel.…An opacity brush that lets you create…and edit opacity masks with brush strokes…so you have total control over the visibility…of elements that make up your artwork.…A texture tool for applying raster…textures to vector objects and live text.…

You can use the textures provided with Texturino…or import and use your own textures…from any embedded raster image file.…And textures can be repeating to fill areas of any size.…And you can apply multiple textures…to a single object blending them…together to create complex layered looks.…There are also special shadow…and highlight textures for adding lighting…effects to give objects a 3D look.…There's a texture brush so you can apply…textures with brush strokes to any area…

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Updated

11/22/2016

Released

3/21/2014

Want to be more precise, more efficient, and more creative with Illustrator? Learn how the Astute Graphics plugins can revolutionize the way you draw and edit artwork in Adobe Illustrator. Mike Rankin covers drawing and editing with VectorScribe and InkScribe, aligning and arranging objects with ColliderScribe, creating beautiful symmetry with MirrorMe, adjusting color with Phantasm, and the tools in DynamicSketch and WidthScribe that make drawing with a tablet even more natural and intuitive.

Topics include:

Working with dynamic corners and shapes

Editing paths with PathScribe

Connecting and straightening objects

Drawing circles and arcs

Using the Snap to and the Rotate at Collision tools

Mirroring text and images

Creating vector halftones

Editing path segments with InkScribe

Using DynamicSketch

Working with the WidthScribe brush tools

Stippling vector graphics, photos, and text

Skill Level Appropriate for all

4h 31m

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Q: This course was updated on 5/23/2014. What changed?

A: The author added a new chapter (Using Stylism) featuring eight
new movies, on working with effects like drop shadow, feathering, inner and
outer glow, and more.

Q: This course was updated on 04/15/2015. What changed?

A: The author added new movies on WidthScribe and Autosaviour Pro, and
updated two movies describing the abilities of the entire suite of
plugins and the process of installing them.

Q: This course was updated on 02/19/2016. What changed?

A: We added a new chapter, "Using Stipplism," which covers stippling vector graphics, text, and photos with the controls and stipple symbols in Astute Graphics's new Stipplism plugin for Illustrator.